The first students graduated in 2017, a class of 20 women, and so far there have been four classes of students pass through -- another group of women and classes of Indigenous and African Nova Scotian students. Of the 64 graduates to date, 57 have joined Irving Shipbuilding as welders, metal fabricators and iron workers, according to the school.
Terrah Keener, the dean of the school of access, education and language at Nova Scotia Community College echoed Jordan's sentiment. Ottawa has tried to correct the boom-bust pattern with the National Shipbuilding Strategy, launched in 2010 under the previous Conservative government to support the construction of Canadian-made vessels rather than outsourcing the work overseas.
Irving was awarded the contract for the Arctic and offshore patrol ships in 2015, and the William Hall will be the fourth of six to be built for the Royal Canadian Navy. Irving has also been tasked with building 15 Canadian surface combatants to replace the navy's 12 aging destroyers and Halifax-class frigates.
This is what you get NS. You vote liberal and they replace you. They hate you, but they love your votes.